Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- Heresy lies in the eye of the beholder. -- Chapter 1 TRADITION AND HISTORY -- POINTS OF DEPARTURE -- THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY -- JOHN OF BRERA, CHRONICLER OF THE ORDER -- Exile -- St John of Meda -- LATER WRITERS -- Girolamo Tiraboschi -- In the wake of Tiraboschi -- Heretical origins and the response of the papacy -- Social origins and motivation -- Involvement in industry, finance and communal administration -- Settlement patterns and the distribution of houses -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 2 THE BEGINNINGS OF THE HUMILIATI: THE TWELFTH-CENTURY EVIDENCE -- BETWEEN ORTHODOXY AND HERESY -- THE EARLY EVIDENCE -- The Milanese houses: Viboldone -- The Brera -- The situation outside Milan -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 3 QUIA IN NULLO PECCABANT: THE INSPECTION AND APPROVAL OF THE HUMILIATI 1199-1201 -- THE LETTERS AND FIRST CONTACTS -- THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HUMILIATI -- James of Rondineto -- Guy de Porta Orientale -- THE PROCESS OF APPROVAL -- The first delegates -- The process of the first enquiry -- The curial delegates -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 4 RULES -- 1201 -- OMNIS BONI PRINCIPIUM -- Use of other texts -- The regime -- Authorship -- Intended recipients -- 1201: A SUMMARY -- REGULATION AND PRACTICE -- The need for change -- The papal letters 1201-c. 1250 -- Oath-taking -- Fasting and diet -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 5 IN SEARCH OF COMMUNITIES -- DOMUS HUMILIATORUM. A QUESTION OF TERMINOLOGY -- ECCLESIE DE HUMILIATIS -- THE HUMILIATI -- Superiors -- Women as superiors -- Terms of office -- Duties -- COMMUNITIES -- Size -- Catchment areas -- Sisters in First order Houses -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ORDO -- Links between communities -- Local or regional hierarchies: the evidence for networks -- Verona: a case study of local hierarchies.

Chapter 6 NEW MEMBERS AND PROFESSION OF VOWS -- THE VOW -- RITUAL -- POSTULANTS AND RECRUITMENT: METHODS, MOTIVATION AND CHOICE -- Family groups -- The entry of married couples -- The donation of property -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 7 UNITY AND UNIFORMITY: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CENTRALISED ORDER -- THE SEARCH FOR UNIFORM OBSERVANCE: THE PAPAL SOURCES -- THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES OF 1246 -- BELTRAMUS (MASTER GENERAL 1246-57) -- Beltramus and the settlement of disputes -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter 8 THE HUMILIATI AND THE CHURCH IN THE LOCALITIES -- THE PASTORAL FRAMEWORK -- THE HUMILIATI AND THE BUSINESS OF DEATH -- Burial -- The evidence of wills -- THE HUMILIATI, THE BISHOPS AND THE SECULAR CLERGY -- THE HUMILIATI AND THE REGULAR ORDERS -- Competition over recruits -- CONCLUSIONS -- CONCLUSION -- Appendix I CALENDAR OF PAPAL (AND EPISCOPAL) LETTERS AND PRIVILEGES CONCERNING THE HUMILIATI -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS USED ONLY IN APPENDIX I -- Appendix II PROFESSIONS OF FAITH -- PREFACE -- Appendix III WILLS -- PREFACE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRIMARY SOURCES AND PRINCIPAL WORKS CITED -- MANUSCRIPTS -- PRINTED SOURCES -- SECONDARY WORKS -- UNPUBLISHED WORKS -- GENERAL INDEX.